English Proficiency Programme
English Proficiency Programme
IIT Kanpur
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Current News:
Registration: Course "PELT 2017"
Classroom ToEFL (29 Oct): Results
Next: ToEFL (Jan) and AdEPT
Test your English
Classroom Version of ToEFL and AdEPT
- Test of English as a Functional Language (ToEFL) classroom version
was conducted last on 29 Oct 2016.
- Results have been uploaded at
the ToEFL Results site
as usual, along with the earlier results.
- Shortlisted participants will get an opportunity to appear in
Advanced English Proficiency Test (AdEPT) for certification.
- Eligible and interested participants of earlier (Jul-Aug 2016) and
later (Jan 2017) rounds of ToEFL also will be included for the first AdEPT.
- Tentative dates for coming tests: 7 Jan (ToEFL);
21 Jan or 28 Jan (AdEPT).
ToEFL ONLINE
Do you know how good is your English?
We have found that most self-estimates of English proficiency
are overestimates. Many are gross overestimates.
There is a minority of modest people who underestimate.
It is important to know one's strengths and weaknesses correctly.
Are you sporting? Would you like to get your English tested - against
a standard benchmark?
You can take the
Test of English as a Functional Language (ToEFL)
carefully designed and benchmarked by EPP.
Now the process to take ToEFL online has become quite simple.
Any eligibility criteria?
Anybody (from 15 to 65 years old) can take it.
Result of this test will 'confidentially' tell you
(without divulging your result to others)
- whether your English background is adequate for
operational purposes,
- if not, then what is the extent of the inadequacy
and what action on your part can remedy it, and
- in particular, to what extent EPP course, as it
is conducted at IITK, will be useful to you.
Steps to take the test:
- Complete the
electronic form
and submit online.
- You will receive a confidential Code No. through email.
- Keep this code number confidential for privacy of your ToEFL grade.
- The actual test is of 45 minutes. (In the online version
of the test, we do not control the time strictly.)
- At least two hours before the submission-time (chosen
by you) of your test, you will be given the question paper
through email.
- Attempt the test and send your 'solution' (as a PDF file) as an attachment
to your email addressed to "epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com" by your chosen
'submission time'.
- Within a week, your Code No. and ToEFL grade will appear at
ToEFL Result site
among the results already declared.
- Grades in the scale A/B/C/D/E/F are uploaded
here against the 'secret' Code No. of participants, along with the
meaning and implication of these grades.
- In our understanding, for a modern citizen of the world, an "A"
grade is a matter of satisfaction, "B" grade a matter of necessity and
"C" grade a matter of concern.
Frequently asked question: At the first step above, while
filling the ToEFL form, many people asked the following question:
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"How wise is it to spend money just for a self-assessment of one's
command over English?"
Answer: Those who thought along this line, reached nowhere.
We suggest that you look at it like this.
- Is Rs.500/- (or USD 20) a fortune? Presumably not for you.
- You make a small contribution of Rs.500/- (or USD 20) for
a worthy cause and share the glory, which we are proud to have
through our financial/academic contributions.
- To the extent the programme is grateful to you for this,
it attempts to do a small service for you by evaluating your
English proficiency or that of your child/ward/nominee.
Note: This online test is only for self-assessment.
It has no utility towards certification.
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Contacts:
0512-259-6695 / 09839148007
epp@iitk.ac.in / epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com
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